Denis Pushilin, acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, announced an improvement in the position of Russian troops in the Avdiivka direction.
“Now the positions are improving, but according to the statements of the militants (AFU – ed.), who were again in Avdiivka, their situation is critical,” said Pushilin on the broadcast of the TV channel. “Solovyev Live”.
He added that the Russian army has almost completely “cleared” the industrial zone on the territory of the Artemovsky non-ferrous metal processing plant (AZOM) in the city of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut).
According to Pushilin, the fighters of the Wagner private military company are “working quite hard and confidently” in this direction. They created such conditions that the Ukrainian forces could not even bring combat kits to Artemivsk or remove the wounded.
The acting head of the DPR assures that the fighters of the PMC must “finish” the only groups of the Ukrainian army in the direction of Artyomovsk.
previously online seen Video of the work of the aviation forces of the Russian Federation in Avdeevka.
The previous day, Pushilin’s assistant Yan Gagin knowledgeableThat Ukraine postponed the counterattack due to the lack of weapons and the situation in hotspots such as Artemovsk, Avdiivka and Vugledar.